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UNFOLD, ART BEYOND THE BRICS is designed to marry the world of art with architecture, and showcase the most talented artists who perform best in the auction market, primarily from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). By extension, the spotlight will be cast on the burgeoning art scenes of Latin America, Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Caucasus. The inagural edition of UNFOLD tak

es place on the 24th-28th of January 2018 at the St Regis Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Bringing together a privileged collection of over 2,000 esteemed artists, curators, collectors, connoisseurs, dignitaries, real estate developers, hoteliers, institutions and financiers from across the globe, UNFOLD intends to spark more than a creative debate. The focus is on modern and contemporary art, complemented by a series of Art Talks and an Art, Finance and Wealth Management Symposium From the first two vernissage days, our Art, Finance and
Wealth Management symposium will bring together wealth managers from banking and finance consortiums, hedge fund directors, and senior advisors from family offices together with government and tourism authorities, and real estate and hospitality professionals from our Art, Real Estate, and the Built Environment symposium, engaging them in discussions on art investment, exploring the various possibilities of integrating art with architecture, and presenting them with the finest artworks from artists across the BRICS regions. Our Evolving Cultures, Developing Collections symposium on the fair’s opening days, will attract luxury brands, corporate collectors, private and public institutions, through an engaging series of discussions on building the value of your corporate identity, as well as the impact of corporate collecting activities on public heritage and the art market. Additionally, UNFOLD will provide a launch pad for international artists and galleries looking to gain exposure within the Middle East through our specially curated Special Projects section where we will assist the selected artists enter strategic partnerships with the commissioning client. This will deliver the realization of public and private art commissions globally as well as in the UAE over time, in preparation for Expo 2020 Dubai. www.expo2020dubai.ae

The record-breaking sale of Matt Kane's "Right Place & Right Time" on Async.art marks the first time a piece has sold fo...
23/09/2020

The record-breaking sale of Matt Kane's "Right Place & Right Time" on Async.art marks the first time a piece has sold for more than $100,000 in cryptoart movement. A historical sale for an art-based non-fungible token (NFT), it signals the emerging market is gaining traction despite uncertain economic times.

The artwork is a one-of-a-kind programmable piece that generates a new image each day. Made of 24 Layers synchronized with Bitcoin's price volatility from the previous 24 hours, it was created exclusively on Async Art.

With the patronage of Token Angels, the artwork's collector, the artist gained an unique opportunity to experiment: sharing revenue with a collector in the form of subsequent minted variations of the artwork. Through volatility.art, Matt Kane will periodically produce and sell a digital art NFT to represent a day in the life of Bitcoin. This NFT will also grant its owner the right to purchase a physical print.

Our Art + FinTech 2.0 concluded last Monday, June 29. It brought together 50 speakers and 175 delegates from 34 countrie...
09/07/2020

Our Art + FinTech 2.0 concluded last Monday, June 29. It brought together 50 speakers and 175 delegates from 34 countries and 6 continents across the globe.

UNFOLD Art XChange would like to thank Georg Bak, our curatorial advisor to our board as well as all our delegates, moderators, panelists, speakers and partners for their contribution and support in making this a success.

30/06/2020

UNFOLD Art XChange had concluded yesterday another successful edition of our Art + FinTech series that brought together over 50 speakers from New York, California, Paris, Berlin, Austria, Switzerland, Brussels, Luxembourg, London, Madrid, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Bangladesh, Nigeria and New Zealand with an international audience over the month of June.

Our second last session last Friday, June 26 on the new media portal Public Key/ Private Key that helps cultivate a new generation of art donors and talks about arts patronage via the blockchain ledger was received with great success.

We would like to thank our moderator Dinis Guarda, Founder Ztudium as well as our interesting line up of esteemed panelists with Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, Multimedia artists, “The Creators”, Christiane Paul, Adjunct Curator of Digital Art, Whitney Museum of American Art and Chief Curator of the Sheila C.Johnson Design Center, “The Spearhead”, Anne Bracegirdle, Senior Director PaceX, “The Donor” and Aaron Wright, Founder OpenLaw, “The Smart Contract Facilitator” for their contribution to this wonderful panel.

For those of you who have missed our live sessions, you can still register to watch the Video Archives for our Art + FinTech 2.0 series from June 1-29 online at https://bit.ly/3byM9JP.

25/06/2020

UNFOLD Art XChange is pleased to announce that the video archive for the third session of our blockchain and related technologies session on Talking Blockchain: Promises VS Pitfalls this Monday, June 22 for our Art + FinTech 2.0 is now available online for delegates only.

We would like to thank our moderator, Frédéric de Senarclens, Founder ArtMarketGuru as well as our contributing panelists Adam Lindemann, Founder Venus Over Manhattan, Christina Steinbrecher, Founder blockchain.art and Johann Koenig, Founder Galerie Koenig.

Register NOW on https://bit.ly/3byM9JP to access our video archives from June 1-22 and join us live ‪tomorrow‬ for the continuation of our Blockchain Fortnight Chapter ‪‪at 14:00 UTC‬‬ on Talking Arts Patronage : Traditional VS on the Blockchain where we will be focusing on the Public Key/ Private Key project launched in May 2019 for the Whitney Museum of American Art. Moderator Dinis Guarda, Founder Ztudium will be joined by Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, multimedia artists that created the Public key/ Private Key, Christiane Paul, Adjunct Curator Digital Art, Whitney Museum of American Art that spearheaded the project, Anne Bracegirdle, Senior Director PaceX, one of the 50 donors of the project and Aaron Wright, Founder OpenLaw that created the smart contract for each donor of the project.

24/06/2020

In 2019, the Whitney Museum of American Art revealed an innovative art project — Public Key/Private Key — created by artists Jennifer and Kevin McCoy. The work addresses art ownership and the future of patronage by distributing “donor credits” through Monograph, a blockchain-powered artwork title registry and marketplace launched by Kevin in 2014.

As part of Public Key/Private Key, the artists lodged a 16mm film of the same name, a metal cannister and blockchain key with the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. The work was backed by blockchain-based cryptographic certificates, allowing up to 50 people to be credited as the “donor of record” of the work. On this occasion, no money changed hands: members of the public were asked to submit an essay to the artists, who made the final selection. For a six-month period, donors were allowed to trade their certificates — with changes registered on the Ethereum blockchain. At that point, the list was frozen, and the final names credited by the museum as the work’s donors. Could this provide a model for future museum patronage?

Moderator Dinis Guarda, Founder & CEO Ztudium will be joined by Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, multimédia artists behind the project, Christiane Paul, adjunct curator of digital art for the Whitney Museum of American Art, Aaron Wright, Founder OpenLaw, behind the creation of smart contracts for each donor as part of the Public key/ Private Key project) and lastly one of the 50 donors, Anne Bracegirdle, Senior Director PaceX to discuss this Public Key/ Private Key project, art ownership and the role of donors in the mission of museums to conserve cultural objects. Could the ideas raised by this project help museums encourage and recognize the donations of a much wider spectrum of society than is currently the case?

Join us this Friday at 14:00 UTC on http://bit.ly/3byM9JP to learn more about the Whitney Museum’s new blockchain initiative.

23/06/2020

UNFOLD Art XChange is pleased to announce that the video archive for last week's Talking Digital Assets: NFTs on the Ethereum Blockchain comprising of 13 speakers and 5 sessions is now available online for our delegates and speakers.

We would like to thank our moderators Georgina Adam and Jason Bailey as well as our esteemed panelists which includes Joseph Lubin, Founder Consensys and Co-Founder Ethereum, Olaf Hannemann, Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer CV VC, Gauthier Zuppinger, Co-Founder nonfungibles.com, Judy Mam, Co-Founder Dada, Duncan and Griffin C**k Foster Nifty Gateway, acquired by Gemini, John Crain, Co-Founder SuperRare, Nate Grier, CEO Mintbase, Alex Atallah and Devin Finzer, Co-Founders OpenSea, Ben Nolan, Founder Cryptovoxels for such a wonderful session last Friday.

Register now on https://bit.ly/3byM9JP to access all video archives for June 1, 8, 12, 15, 19 and join us live for our Talking Arts Patronage: Traditional VS on the Blockchain this Friday, June 26 which will focus on the Whitney Museum of American Art Public Key/ Private Key project with the individuals behind this project.

21/06/2020

Can blockchain technology stimulate the market for historically difficult-to-sell digital work, including video? Will galleries and collectors accept digital logs detailing prices and ownership history, or will traditional anonymity be maintained? Who will be accepted as verifiers of authenticity? Will the use of blockchain encourage a new generation of digital forgers? Do the art market, museums and the technology sector understand each other well enough to overcome these hurdles?

Join moderator Frédéric de Senarclens, Founder ArtMarketGuru tomorrow on Talking Blockchain: Promises VS Pitfalls. He will discuss digital art, blockchain and blue-chip galleries and the pros and cons of using the technology with Christina Steinbrecher-Pfandt, Co-Founder Blockchain.art (Former Director Vienna Contemporary), Adam Lindemann, Collector, Investors & Founder Venus Over Manhattan, Johann König, Founder König Galerie and Alfred Weidinger, New Scientific Director Upper Austrian State Museum.

Register NOW on http://bit.ly/3byM9JP.

20/06/2020

UNFOLD Art XChange is pleased to announce that the video archive for the first session of our blockchain and related technologies session on Monday, June 15 for our Art + FinTech 2.0 is now available online for delegates only.

We would like to thank our moderator, Marianne Magnin, MD UK Arteia & Chair Art Identification Standard as well as our contributing panelists Nanne Dekking, Founder & CEO Artory and Chairman of the Board TEFAF, Bernadine Bröcker , Founder & CEO Vastari, Serena Tabacchi, Founder & Director MoCDA, Annika Erikson, Founder & CEO Articheck and Niko Kipouros, Founder & CEO 4ARTechnologies.

Register NOW on http://bit.ly/3byM9JP to access our video archives from June 1-15 and join us live ‪on Monday‬, June 22 for the continuation of our Blockchain Fortnight Chapter ‪at 14:00 UTC‬ on Talking Blockchain: Promises VS Pitfalls where moderator Frederic de Senarclens, Founder Art Market Guru will be joined by collector Adam Lindemann, gallerist Johann Koenig, museum director Alfred Weidinger and Former Director Vienna Contemporary & Co-Founder blockchain.art Christina Steinbrecher.

18/06/2020

Art + FinTech 2.0 Blockchain Fortnight Chapter continues tomorrow, ‪Friday, 19/6 from 14:00-17:00 UTC‬ I ‪10:00- 13:00 UTC‬ I ‪07:00-10:00 PST‬ I ‪15:00-18:00 BST‬ I ‪16:00-19:00 CET‬ I ‪18:00-21:00 GST‬. Learn more on http://bit.ly/3byM9JP.

Will 2020 be the year for Crypto Art, NFTs and Blockchain Powered VR-Realms?

Talking Digital Assets: NFTs on the Ethereum Blockchain starts with a conversation about art and blockchain technology between Joseph Lubin, Co-Founder, Ethereum, and Founder, ConsenSys, and Georgina Adam, art market journalist and author. How will entrepreneurs, technologists and developers build on the Ethereum blockchain and impact the art industry?

Olaf Hannemann, Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer, CV Labs — which supports blockchain start-ups — will give a short presentation about the differing economic models for using blockchain technology in the art market.

He will be followed by Gauthier Zuppinger, Co-Founder of ‪NonFungible.com‬ in conversation with Jason Bailey, Founder Artnome. Zuppinger will launch the Art and Blockchain Non-Fungible Tokens Report that will reveal the evolution of the blockchain art market since 2018, the number of collectors and artists in this space, the distribution between primary and secondary markets and a comparison of blockchain art to the overall non-fungible space.

The main marketplaces for NFTs include OpenSea, SuperRare, Dada, Mintbase and Nifty Gateway. Jason Bailey will will discuss the rise of the NFTs market, its role in pushing new frontiers in digital art and whether museums should be collecting these artworks with Alex Atallah, Co-Founder and CTO, OpenSea, Devin Finzer, Co-Founder and CEO, OpenSea, John Crain, Co-Founder & CEO, SuperRare, Judy Mam, Co-Founder, dada.art, Nate Geier, CEO, Mintbase, and Duncan and Griffin C**k Foster, Co-Founders of Nifty Gateway.

The day will conclude with a pre-recorded session with Ben Nolan, Founder, Cryptovoxels, a blockchain-powered VR world that artists are using to create virtual galleries and sell art, hosted by Jason Bailey.

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THE ORIGINS OF UNFOLD

UNFOLD as a name is inspired by the ideas conveyed in the evocative words 'Emerge' and 'Reveal'. Our ambition is to offer unprecedented access to a larger, diverse and inclusive market that draws its inspiration from fast developing areas of the world outside the hegemonic centres.

'Emerge' refers to the association of five major emerging national economies expressed by the acronym BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.